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In a move that is sure to get liberal snowflakes rushing to their safe spaces faster than ever, Princeton University is now encouraging students
to report “problematic experiences based on [their] identity.” This
means that if students find themselves in a situation that makes them
feel offended or uncomfortable in anyway, they can – and should,
according to Princeton – go tell somebody about it, even if it is
something that normally wouldn’t result in disci

It’s said that about 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by the second week of February.1
This means if you made one for 2018, there’s a good chance it may
already have failed. There’s also a sizable number of people who set no
goals at all, New Year’s resolutions or otherwise, in part because they
may not realize the importance of goal setting and in part because they
may not know how to do it.2
There are other reasons why you may avoid goal setting as well,

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Beginning shortly after President Donald J. Trump defeated Hillary
Clinton in the 2016 election, Americans were treated to a steady diet of
stories from the American Pravda media claiming that he “colluded” with
the Russian government to “steal the election.”
For months information meant to substantiate the claim, made in the
absence of any real evidence, was “leaked” to various news outlets known
to be friendly to Clinton, Democrats, and every known enemy

Need Help Setting Goals and Sticking to Them?

It’s said that about 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by the second week of February.1
This means if you made one for 2018, there’s a good chance it may
already have failed. There’s also a sizable number of people who set no
goals at all, New Year’s resolutions or otherwise, in part because they
may not realize the importance of goal setting and in part because they
may not know how to do it.2

There are other reasons why you may avoid goal setting as well, like a
fear of failure, rejection or even success, yet setting goals — and
sticking to them — is very much a learned behavior. Similar to how you
can choose to be happy,
you can choose to stick to your goals and be successful. Life coach and
author Tony Robbins believes success is “80 percent psychological and
20 percent strategic,”3 which is empowering because it means you can harness the power of your mind to make your goals a reality.

The sad fact is that many people are not exposed to goal setting
during their formative years and simply continue on without goals
throughout their adulthood. Motivational speaker and author Brian Tracy
explains, “One of the greatest tragedies of our educational system is
that you can receive 15 to 18 years of education in our schools and
never once receive a single hour of instruction on how to set goals.” He
adds:4

“Yet we find that in certain schools where
goal-setting programs have been introduced since first grade, young
people become excited about goal-setting — even if the goal is only to
increase the scores by 5 or 10 percent over the course of the semester,
or to be on time every day in the course of a month.

Children become so excited about achieving goals that
by the third or fourth grade, they love to go to school. They get the
best grades. They are seldom absent. They are excited about themselves and about their lives.”

The First Step to Achieving Your Goals? Write Them Down

It sounds incredibly simplistic, but the straightforward act of
writing down your goals is perhaps the most important on your
goal-setting journey. Case in point, do you know what your goals are?
You may have a general idea or a vague desire, but until those ideas are
down on paper, they’re more abstract than anything. And your goals
should be written on paper (not on a computer) for best results. Robbins
explains in a blog post on how to get what you want:5

“There’s something that happens when we write
something down. You become a creator when you write down your goals. And
you are acknowledging both to your conscious and subconscious minds
that where you are right now is not where you want to be. Your brain
then makes this distinction and becomes dissatisfied.

One of the strongest motivators is a sense of
dissatisfaction. When you’re totally comfortable and relaxed, you’re not
going to be motivated to do whatever it takes to make things happen.
Dissatisfaction is a power that you want. There is real drive when you
find some things that you want to move away from. Tension and pressure
can serve as powerful drivers of our actions. Use this as a tool to
influence yourself so you can start to take actionable steps toward your
success.”

Simply grab a journal, notebook or even a piece of scratch paper and
get serious about spelling out your goals. In a study conducted by Gail
Matthews, a Dominican University of California psychology professor, it
was revealed that people who wrote down their goals on a regular basis
were 42 percent more likely to achieve them than those who did not.6
Those who sent weekly updates to a friend, which provides
accountability, also had a higher success rate than those who kept their
goals to themselves.7

On a side note, the latter point about sharing your goals should be
done with caution and discretion. Fear of rejection is a major hurdle
that many must overcome to achieving their goals, and if you share your
goals with someone who is unsupportive, it may backfire. “Many people
hold back from setting worthwhile goals because they have found that
every time they do set a goal, somebody steps up and tells them that
they can’t achieve it, or that they will lose their money or waste their
time,” Tracy says.8

Because of this, Tracy actually recommends keeping your goals
confidential and not sharing them with anyone, except for this important
caveat: “Share your goals only with others who are committed to
achieving goals of their own and who really want you to be successful
and achieve your goals as well. Other than that, don’t tell anybody
about your goals, so no one is in a position to criticize you, or to
discourage you from setting your goals.”